Maths can help us do many things that are important in our everyday lives. It could be designing and making a
cubby house, planning a birthday party, or travelling to a holiday location.
Here are some daily tasks for which math is important:
Teaching maths using real life scenarios will benefit because it provides a meaning to what students are being asked to
calculate. A page of number maths problems often becomes a complex task when students do not have a grasp of the basic maths concepts.
Reading comprehension is important. Students are often required to read the text and work out what the question is asking for.
The maths examples used are designed to consolidate comprehension skills, mathematical processes, and problem-solving strategies.
Students may not always appreciate the importance and relevance their maths schoolwork will become until they leave school. We need to
show students how learning the correct maths processes will become important in many jobs including: medical and banking professions; retail;
mechanics; machinery and building industries.
Once the foundation of knowledge is set, we can introduce how and where we would use our maths skills which are so important
in our everyday life.
To learn more about dyscalculia and to make an appointment, please 'contact
Vikki directly @ Red OWL Dyslexia'.
Please feel free to read more about the 'Playberry Multisensory Literacy Program' and
the 'Orton-Gillingham Approach' we use for tutoring.
We're here to help people learn in a very specific way.
We use the Playberry Multisensory Literacy Program to offer and provide a high quality and affordable individualised
learning and tutoring program based on each indvidual's needs.
Each student is assessed and we create the learning program and lesson plans which are built around Multi-Sensory teaching.
Our aim is that if one way of processing information fails, another kicks in to help:
if the word cannot be spelt out aloud,
the student may write the word correctly,
explicit teaching of spelling and maths rules, sounds and blends.
The initial lesson is booked for 1 and a 1/2 hours.
We start with several testing exercises so that we can introduce the student to learning in a multi-sensory way whilst building a tutor and
student respect. We do start at the very beginning because each teaching point builds on the previous lesson, tutorial and homework.
Each session is one hour on 1 day a week during school terms. Holiday tutoring is by request, but is generally not
advisable as students need their break and holiday time as schoolwork is hard work for them... all the time.
During classes and throughout the program, the tutor is continually reviewing and looking for:
how well the student is grasping the concepts,
what concepts are locked into permanent memory,
determining what concepts are needing guidance, and finally,
checking to see if there are concepts which may need to be re-taught.
Work is not marked with a red pen. These students have seen far too much of that colour and for most, it is upsetting
to see a low grade mark after all the hard work and effort put in trying to achieve a good result.
Students are given the opportunity to correct their work, whilst the tutor makes notes for future reference and re-teaching.
Benchmark testing is scheduled at a time when the tutor sees that the student is ready to be tested. We test what student DOES know and learnt and celebrate
achievement.
Likewise, we continue to test what the student DOES NOT know and struggle with and continue to teach and build on previous work.
The Playberry Program continually references:
"Teach as fast as necessary, as slow as needed."
"Keep Calm - and Re-Teach - because that's what we do!"
This is why multi-sensory learning works!
To learn more and to make an appointment, please 'contact Vikki directly @ Red OWL Dyslexia'. We're here to help people learn in a very specific way.
Please fill out the form below to send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Phone 0417 882 763
Email vikki@redowldyslexia.com.au
AddressPO Box 434
Happy Valley SA 5159
HoursMonday - Friday
9:00 am - 5:30 pm